Hanging at Pala Ranch

Gift Wrapping Help - Awesome!

How to tie the perfect bow!

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Playing around

We're at Sports Authority playing with balls or as Patrick calls them "baps" while our car's oil is changed and tires rotated.

Proud of dinner

Red chile seafood soup

Thank you Rick Bayless for putting this recipe in your Mexican Everyday cookbook. I just picked it up this weekend at the library and I saw this recipe and it immediately reminded me of the soup I used to get at El Pescador in Del Mar. I had completely forgotten about it until today. Man oh man, was it good. I also was happy to use three new ingredients that I hadn't ever used before. Epazote, chayote squash and guajillo chiles. Patrick liked it too but he only ate the broth and the lime wedges. Sean and I licked our plates clean. I saw that this recipe is online too. Awesome.

This is a perfect end to a great day. We got to meet baby Nate Dinoffria today and spend time with him, his family and our friends. Another great meal too. We got Dilly's and I got to have my Blazing buffalo sandwich. Yum!

Free cute gift tags

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